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The Official Newspaper of Cerritos College

November 7, 2018 VOLUME 63 | ISSUE 8 Talonmarks.com

Cerritos celebrates veterans

PHOTOS BY DERRICK COLEMAN

Veterans Week friendly competition: Financial aid staff, the Commerce Music Club, and Cerritos College veterans participated in a few rounds of tug-of-war competitions, with financial aid staff ultimately taking first place. This was the second event of Veterans Week, taking place on Nov. 6. Jasmine Martinez News Editor @talonmarks

Derrick Coleman Staff Writer @talonmarks

Veterans Week at Cerritos College kicked off with an open house, where food and music were provided for staff and stu-

dents to mingle and learn about services and participate in some friendly competition. The Veterans Resource Center, established in 2010, is hosting the events taking place until Nov. 8. Tug-of-war participants received clothing gear as prizes much to the excitement of Michael Gonzalez, a non-veteran who works for the Financial Aid office.

“They mean me everything to me, they give me freedom and everything we stand for as a nation,” Gonzalez said, “They are our frontlines to have free will here.” V.R.C. counselor Felipe Salazar said the campus roughly serves about 545 student veterans and the center continues holding the events to support veterans. He said the week-long event

also helps bring more awareness and connections with “not only student veterans, but other students as well and knowing that we value our veterans here.” 2018 is the third year the Commerce Music Club provided their services, blasting a mix of mainstream music through both events. Salazar said navy and marine corp recruiters also participated.

The financial aid staff, Commerce Music Club, and Cerritos College Veterans competed against each other in multiple rounds of tug-of-war, with the financial aid office ultimately taking first place. To Robert Samms, director of veterans affairs, being a veteran is about service and sacrifice, to ensure that people get the same responsibilities and rights.”

Lynwood fall festival raises funds for sheriff foundation Eunice Barron Staff Writer @talonmarks

The city of Lynwood hosted its first four-day Fall Festival, which took place from Nov. 1-4., to raise funds for the Century Sheriff Foundation. The Lynwood Fall Festival, organized by the Lynwood Chamber of Commerce, was a free public event that featured rides, food and also provided free health services to the Lynwood community. The festival featured its own

unique musical features of local resident performers by including expected performances by Lynwood and Firebaugh high school dance groups. Edwin Hernandez, Chamber of Commerce executive director and CEO, said he hopes that the event will be here to stay as an annual occurrence and said the goal of these types of events is to bring the Lynwood community closer. According to Hernandez, “We hope to raise funds for the [Century Sheriff] Foundation and all the money will go to them. We,

as the Chamber of Commerce, try to help them since we have the experience of organizing events. “Century Sheriff Foundation is located here in Lynwood and we hope by organizing these type of events, we hope to bring law enforcement and the community together to make peace with each other.” The festival also gave an opportunity for small food businesses to reach out and sell to the community. Continued on page 2

EUNICE BARRON


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